Mat for vehicles



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l A.'G. BARREIT Er AL MAT FOR VEHICLES Filed Nov. 28, 1924 Patented Oct.13, 1925.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ALFRED GEORGE BARRETT AND HUBERT HENRY BURTON, 0F LEICESTER, ENGLAND.

MAT FOR VEHICLES.

Application filed November 28, 1924. Serial No. 752,789.

To all 'whom t may concern.:

Be it known that we, ALFRED GEORGE BAR- RETT, a subject of the King ofEngland, and HUBERT HENRY BURTON, a subject of the King of England, andboth residents of Granby Rubber Works and Evington Valley Mills,Leicester, in the county of Leicester, England, having invented certainnew and useful Improvements in Mats for. Vehicles, of which thefollowing is a speclication.

Our invention relates to oo't mats for the Jfoot rests and runningboards of motor cycles and other vehicles, and the invention aims toprovide a molded shell of rubber or other yieldable material adapted tobe Y mounted on the foot board of a motor cycle.

On the under side of the shell are projections adapted to engage astiffening plate over which the shell is mounted, said stiiening platebeing suitably secured to the Jfoot board. The projections oncompression of the mat by the foot of a rider, under road shocks, andvibrations, will meet or bear on the stiifening plate and prevent theshell from collapsing; at the same time form cushions which enhance theshock absorbing qualities of the mat.

Reference will now be had to the drawing wherein- Figure 1 is alongitudinal sectional view of the mat in a recessed `foot board;

Fig. 2 is a top plan of the mat;

Fig. 3 is a bottom plan of the same, and

Fig. lis a longitudinal sectional view of a portion of the mat.

In the drawing a4 generally designates a molded shell of rubber or otheryieldable material, the wall -alwhereof constitutes vent collapse of theshell forming the mat.

-bis a recessed foot board in which the mat is mounted and retainedtherein by nut equipped bolts `1d. The foot board -bhas an upstandingheel wall and the mat has upstanding side lugs -a5- that cooperate withthe .heel wall in forming the heel socket.

It will be noted there is a space between the foot board and thestifening plate so that said stiffening plate may yield towards the footboard under any great strain, but in actual practice the projections-w3- cushion a foot on the mat.

A Jfoot rest for a motor vehicle compris- 'ing a recessed 'foot board, amat mounted

